Ever felt that you want to take a ride across fields of lava? Yeah? Me too! This snapshot introduces the adorable(?) strider. It might need some help with directions...

New Features in 20w13a

Added the Lodestone
Added the Strider
Basalt is formed when lava flows over soul soil next to blue ice
Farmer villagers can now compost seeds

Lodestone

A new block that can help you get your bearings!

Crafted from a netherite ingot and chiseled stone bricks
Use a compass on a lodestone to create a lodestone compass pointing to that lodestone

Strider

A new mob living the lava lakes of the Nether.

Strides on top of the surface of lava
Can be saddled, but has a will of its own
Really likes the smell of warped fungi - might even be convinced to follow it

Farmers

Farmer villagers can now put excess seeds in the composter to create bone meal
Bone meal is used by the farmers to grow crops
Farmers share excess wheat to other farmers, so more farmers can make bread

Changes in 20w13a

You're now more likely to get soul speed books and boots when bartering with Piglins
You can now charge the Respawn Anchor using a Dispenser

Technical Changes in 20w13a

Jigsaw block

Jigsaw now can have one of 12 orientations
Added new property Joint type to describe if attached piece can be rotated (rollable) or not (aligned)
NBT field target_pool has been renamed to pool
attachement_type has been split into name (on parent block) and target (on child block).

Loot tables

A fishing location is now considered to be open water if the fishing hook is in water, there are no blocks besides lily pads above water and all water blocks are source blocks with no solid underwater blocks around

Fixed bugs in 20w13a

MC-118080 Bows without pulling predicate animate when other bows are pulled back
MC-154427 Villagers only pick up four stacks of items
MC-171003 Crimson and Warped stairs, planks and slabs can be used as fuel in a furnace
MC-171286 Warped fences and Crimson fences don't connect with other fences
MC-171484 Shields, crossbows, bows, and fishing rods don't show their proper animations in first person mode after certain actions
MC-171526 en_us.json issue: weeping_vines and weeping_vines_plant have the same name
MC-171830 Smokers cannot be crafted using crimson or warped stems
MC-172123 Using a spawn egg on a mob without a baby variant spawns an adult mob of the same type without a weapon
MC-172279 Can't craft campfire with nether stems or hyphae
MC-172307 All loaded tileticks instantly run in the first tick after loading the chunk
MC-173258 Back of zombified piglin heads has very different texture/shading compared to the other sides
MC-173367 Arrows are floating in midair after being pushed by piston
MC-173791 Mobs dismount vehicles only in front of the boat, even if there is danger ahead
MC-174368 Minecarts can no longer eject entities into an open trap door
MC-174428 Nylium can be bonemealed underwater with seagrass above it
MC-174434 Sugar Cane, Kelp and Bamboo are in the incorrect creative inventory tab
MC-174481 en_us.json issue: twisting_vines and twisting_vines_plant have the same name
MC-174510 Stems, Hyphae, and variants do not use the Nether Wood material
MC-174537 Zombie Pigman hooves are still visible on Zombified Piglin texture
MC-174547 Kelp, Weeping Vines, and Twisted Vines can be bonemealed at age 25
MC-174642 Hitbox of twisting vine is incorrect
MC-174731 Modifying "soul.json" (inside of "particles" folder) causes crash
MC-174787 Arrow physics don't work correctly when in a target that is moved
MC-174823 Sprinting and walking scoreboards don't update properly
MC-174988 Bee nests are brown on maps
MC-175165 Using glowstone on a respawn anchor doesn't consume it
MC-175171 Fishing bobber can get stuck on a ledge when being reeled in
MC-175174 Respawn anchor is considered obstructed if all its sides are covered or air
MC-175178 Anchor uses up the glowstone charge even though it didn't respawn you
MC-175185 No datafixer for item AttributeModifiers UUIDs
MC-175191 Respawn Anchor charging cannot be heard by other players
MC-175193 Using glowstone in the offhand does not charge respawn anchor
MC-175199 In snowy_medium_house_2, some blocks are still misrotated
MC-175204 Four misrotated blocks in snowy_masons_house_1
MC-175208 Incorrect grammar "Your have no home bed or respawn anchor, or it was obstructed."
MC-175209 Dying in a different dimension than your respawn anchor will cause the anchor to not play the depletion sound
MC-175210 Respawn anchor uses a charge after leaving the end dimension through the end portal
MC-175218 Looking at a map of an area with spruce sign, jungle sign or dark oak sign in it crashes the game
MC-175219 Respawn Anchor plays the "Respawn Point set" sound when right-clicked even when its already your respawn point
MC-175224 Nether gold ore does not yield any experience when mined
MC-175239 Villagers are generated very rarely in villages
MC-175278 Fishing near lily pads prevents players from receiving treasure loot table
MC-175289 Respawn anchor isn't in the #dragon_immune tag
MC-175322 Clicking on a fully charged respawn anchor with a glowstone block doesn't activate it
MC-175327 The crafting recipe of Polished Basalt is inconsistent
MC-175514 Villager Gossips still use old UUID NBT format (TargetMost and TargetLeast)
MC-175827 Entities not loading in structure blocks (duplicate UUID)
MC-175830 F3 + I copies UUID

Minecraft Snapshot 20w13a